DOD at risk of missing 2017 audit deadline

The Defense Department's deputy inspector general for auditing says the department is at "considerable risk" of not meeting its internal goal of a clean budgetary statement by 2014 and fulfilling Congress’s mandate of auditable financial statements by 2017, according to Government Executive.

Dan Blair, DOD's deputy inspector general for auditing, blames delays on a new, resource planning system. He says the department has inconsistent controls and unreliable data. He adds that officials lack “certainty that they are paying the right person the right amount at the right point in time.”